I'm a Wiltshire-based journalist, publicist and copywriter with experience in writing, editing and publishing on a wide variety of subjects in national newspapers, magazines and books - from ethical and green issues to astrology, personal finance and interior design. "While much of my career has been working on well-known glossy consumer magazines such as Homes & Gardens, 25 Beautiful Homes, Country Living, Woman's Realm and Practical Parenting- I've also written forThe Daily Telegraph, Wiltshire Magazine and several local regional newspapers. I also have experience in book publishing, copywriting and PR and have ghost-written for well-known names (although if I told you who they were, I'd probably have to kill you...), and I undertake commissions large and small, from drafting a letter or a speech to researching in-depth features or writing copy for marketing and advertising."
"In my work as a journalist I write for several of the national home-interest magazines and am always on the lookout for beautiful and unusual homes to write about. If you'd like to explore the possibility of having your home photographed and featured in a glossy magazine, please get in touch."
Areas of interest:
LIFESTYLE, HOME AND WOMEN'S INTEREST FEATURES
PROFILES / INTERVIEWS
GREEN & ETHICAL LIVING
PARENTING
CONSUMER & PERSONAL FINANCE
HEALTH & WELLBEING
ASTROLOGY AND POPULAR PSYCHOLOGY
"With a post-graduate qualification in journalism from the London College of Printing (now Communication), I have a broad experience of many different types of journalism including all aspects of copy editing, and magazine production from flatplanning through to reprographics. Specific areas of experience and expertise are in:
NEWS & FEATURE WRITING
COPYWRITING
SUB-EDITING / COPY EDITING / PRINT PRODUCTION
CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
WRITING FOR WEB
GHOSTWRITING
All the images on the following pages are extracted from magazine features I've been commissioned to write. Contact me at jillshearer@btinternet.com or call me on 07956 856840
"The primary purpose of writing is to communicate. The best kind of writing informs, inspires, enlightens and entertains without losing sight of the message"
re·source·ful [ri-sors-fuh l] –adjective: able to deal skillfully and imaginatively with new situations; capable of finding effective solutions to a variety of problems [Origin: 1611 [O Fr. ressource, resourdre – to rise again] –Synonyms talented, able, imaginative, adroit
I'm a Wiltshire-based journalist, publicist and copywriter with experience in writing, editing and publishing on a wide variety of subjects in national newspapers, magazines and books - from ethical and green issues to astrology, personal finance and interior design. "While much of my career has been working on well-known glossy consumer magazines such as Homes & Gardens, 25 Beautiful Homes, Country Living, Woman's Realm and Practical Parenting - I've also written for The Daily Telegraph, Wiltshire Magazine and several local regional newspapers. I also have experience in book publishing, copywriting and PR and have ghost-written for well-known names (although if I told you who they were, I'd probably have to kill you...), and I undertake commissions large and small, from drafting a letter or a speech to researching in-depth features or writing copy for marketing and advertising." 